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[FromWayDowntown]

He states on his front page of the blog he is not a Suns fan. Not saying it isn't totally re ed what the guy spent over 6 hours doing to try to prove a point but I am just saying it appears he isn't a Suns fan.

:While I was dismayed to learn the outcome, I was happy that the Suns won. (Note: I'm not a Suns fan, but I think a Phoenix le is vital for the future of professional basketball.)"

I think his lack of objectivity in the study is a bit betrayed by his initial admission that his inquiry was "merely the long-promised post where I theorize the 'why' part of this whole 'The Spurs get all the calls' examination." Remarkably, his study supported his theory: "but the findings seemed to indicate that the Spurs enjoyed a sizable advantage when it came to the officiating. And this was on a night where the Suns actually got more breaks than a normal S.A. opponent and that featured a fourth quarter blowout that took the refs out of play. Many in the comments section and in emails have surmised that if the Spurs still enjoyed a healthy advantage in that game, it only proves how massive the edge is on a normal night."

Eureka!!

He later admits, in his comments, that he prefers the Suns' style of play to the Spurs' style, which certainly suggests to me that he didn't exactly view Game 2 with an unbiased eye.

He might not be a Suns fan, but he was certainly looking to prove a theory that speaks negatively of the Spurs. I'm not sure, in this instance at least, that there's any meaningful difference.

[GrandeDavid]

Waste of time scheisse.

[RonMexico]

RonMexico has taken the D'Antonio pussification pill.

Bring on a team with some balls. Suns are the biggest pussy team left in the playoffs. The sooner they are eliminated the better.

The sooner the Spurs and their fans get off (a) their high horses and (b) their "woe is me" mentality, the better the NBA will be.

I have to wonder if Pop benched Manu early in his career at times because he "made him crazy" (as he claimed) or because he was trying to mold him into the biggest flopper the league has ever seen. Just kidding, I'm trying to be an asshole now.

[Obstructed_View]

I can't help it - it seems like a lot of is going wrong for me in the past few days (flying back from China, TSA opens up my suitcase, breaks it, doesn't put it back together and the rain in Houston soaks my clothes... then part of my house gets flooded, I get overcharged $135 on my electric bill, a dumb chick sideswipes my on the freeway and runs off), so I'm in a pretty bad mood these days.

Also, it's game day (biggest game of my life... I need this to go 2-2 or I might just pack it in), and 90+ mins before tip off has my juices already flowing. I didn't realize that guy was a Suns fan, sorry about that. But also, we have Bowen getting a Flagrant 1 upgrade (which was legit - no suspension necessary), Votes on ESPN asking whether the Spurs/Bowen are dirty and gain advantage because of that, and we have Spurs fans on here consistently denying that their squad gets any benefits and that all Suns players/fans are girls/whiners/ es/idiots.

Even Bill Simmons (in an article applauding Duncan), throws this nugget out there: " Congratulations to Greg Willard, Tim Donaghy and Eddie F. Rush for giving us the most atrociously officiated game of the playoffs so far: Game 3 of the Suns-Spurs series. Bennett Salvatore, Tom Washington and Violet Palmer must have been outraged that they weren't involved in this mess. Good golly. Most of the calls favored the Spurs, but I don't even think the refs were biased -- they were so incompetent that there was no rhyme or reason to anything that was happening. Other than the latest call in NBA history (a shooting foul for Ginobili whistled three seconds after the play, when everyone was already running in the other direction), my favorite moment happened near the end, when the game was already over and they called a cheap bump on Bruce Bowen against Nash, so the cameras caught Mike D'Antoni (the most entertaining coach in the league if he's not getting calls) screaming sarcastically, "Why start now? Why bother?" What a travesty. Not since the Cocaine Era from 1978-1986 has the league faced a bigger ongoing issue than crappy officiating."

That just adds more fuel to my fire. If this thing goes 2-2 and the series becomes legit (by "legit" I mean "has a chance to go 6/7 games), you'll see me get back to my more objective views.

But I'd be an idiot to deny that this is the Suns' best chance for a le/Finals appearence in the Nash era, so I'm going all-in as of right now.

Lastly, D'Antoni es a lot on the court (not more than Manu+Pop combined, though), but he rarely throws excuses or blame upon the other team in press conferences and that blow up after Game 3 lets me know that he doesn't want to go quietly either. Of course, most Spurs fans on here claimed that D'Antoni is whining "as usual" but I watched every press conference during the Lakers (when he and Nash took the blame for the dubious jump ball play) and Mavs series (where Dirk got benefits of "bear-hug" from a team that doesn't play defense) and not once did D'Antoni place blame upon the refs or cheating/flopping.

Okay, I'll grant you temporary insanity. You know I blame small ball for the loss last year and not the refs, so it's getting tough to swallow all this crap. It disappoints me that the Suns fans will complain about the calls until they win, which just takes all the fun out of competing, but like I said, I'll give you a break.

BTW, TSA went through my when I came back from Taiwan. They unwrapped all the presents for my parents and tried to slit the lining in my guitar case open. They then sent someone to follow me through the Portland airport for an hour to make sure I wasn't making an exchange. ers.

[kps0001]

That guy analyzed the fouls in GAME 2 -- a 20 point blowout. WTF was the point of that little exercise?

I have no idea. I guess to prove to everyone he has no life whatsoever.

I couldn't even be bothered with reading the thing much less actually deciding to sit and do something like that.

[RonMexico]

Okay, I'll grant you temporary insanity. You know I blame small ball for the loss last year and not the refs, so it's getting tough to swallow all this crap. It disappoints me that the Suns fans will complain about the calls until they win, which just takes all the fun out of competing, but like I said, I'll give you a break.

BTW, TSA went through my when I came back from Taiwan. They unwrapped all the presents for my parents and tried to slit the lining in my guitar case open. They then sent someone to follow me through the Portland airport for an hour to make sure I wasn't making an exchange. ers.

It's the second time they've done it - even on a short trip to Dallas, they broke two zippers on my other bag... pisses me off... no reason to pack with any kind of care, concern or neatness, because they just it all up, then try to stuff it back and if they can't close it, they just leave you that nice little "your bag was inspected" card. They can hide behind all that BS because am I gonna sue the gov't to pay for my broken bag? Probably not.

[RonMexico]

I have no idea. I guess to prove to everyone he has no life whatsoever.

I couldn't even be bothered with reading the thing much less actually deciding to sit and do something like that.

I will direct you all to the Styx song: "Too Much Time on My Hands"

[kps0001]

I think his lack of objectivity in the study is a bit betrayed by his initial admission that his inquiry was "merely the long-promised post where I theorize the 'why' part of this whole 'The Spurs get all the calls' examination." Remarkably, his study supported his theory: "but the findings seemed to indicate that the Spurs enjoyed a sizable advantage when it came to the officiating. And this was on a night where the Suns actually got more breaks than a normal S.A. opponent and that featured a fourth quarter blowout that took the refs out of play. Many in the comments section and in emails have surmised that if the Spurs still enjoyed a healthy advantage in that game, it only proves how massive the edge is on a normal night."

Eureka!!

He later admits, in his comments, that he prefers the Suns' style of play to the Spurs' style, which certainly suggests to me that he didn't exactly view Game 2 with an unbiased eye.

He might not be a Suns fan, but he was certainly looking to prove a theory that speaks negatively of the Spurs. I'm not sure, in this instance at least, that there's any meaningful difference.

True...I think while not a Suns fan overall. but in this series he is certainly a Suns fan before a Spurs fan.


Why are we even talking about this. We all know the guy is an idiot for what he did and posted I don't care whose team he is a fan of.


...and yeah Ron Mexico sounds like you haven't had much luck since getting back into the states. Maybe all your bad luck will result in some good luck for all of us Phoenix fans tonight with a VICTORY!!!

[Obstructed_View]

It's the second time they've done it - even on a short trip to Dallas, they broke two zippers on my other bag... pisses me off... no reason to pack with any kind of care, concern or neatness, because they just it all up, then try to stuff it back and if they can't close it, they just leave you that nice little "your bag was inspected" card. They can hide behind all that BS because am I gonna sue the gov't to pay for my broken bag? Probably not.

I used to get my bag checked for explosive residue all the time. I actually have a spot on one of my suitcases where they wiped it so many times. es be racial profiling my ass.

[RonMexico]

I used to get my bag checked for explosive residue all the time. I actually have a spot on one of my suitcases where they wiped it so many times. es be racial profiling my ass.

HAHAHAH. Must be 'cause I'm Italian... I must be sneaking some illegal over for the Don.